His comments to Dagbladet come following last week’s revelations Lundekvam has been accused of spot fixing.

It has been alleged that the Norwegian footballer, who was known for playing a key role during his twelve year spell at Southampton's Premier League campaign in the late 1990s, illegally bet on several occasions whilst being a footballer.

This allegation was made when Lundekvam, who had a spell in captaining Southampton, told a Norwegian radio station that he, his teammates and opposition captains made bets before the matches began. World football governing bodies are now investigating the issue.

"For a while we did this almost every week,” Lundekvam said to NRK. “We made a fair bit of money. We could make deals with the opposing captain about, for example, betting on the first throw, the first corner, who started with the ball, a yellow card or a penalty.”

He has declared that the betting was "innocent fun". Lundekvam told The Sun newsapaper, "Of course I will talk to FIFA - I have no problem with that. Unfortunately I've been honest about it, so I need to.”

"I will obviously have some names and matches. But, to be honest, I wouldn't say any more than I have said already if I don't have to. I would not want to name anyone else. That's not for me to do but I will stand for what I have said."

Former colleagues such as Matt Le Tissier and Francis Benali back the Norwegian footballer despite these allegations. They strongly deny Lundekvam's involvement.

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